isDisabled Property

Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can interact with the object.

Syntax

HTML N/A
Scripting [ bDisabled = ] object.isDisabled

Possible Values

bDisabled Boolean that receives one of the following values.
false User can interact with the object.
true User cannot interact with the object.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

The following example shows how to use the isDisabled property to determine whether an object is disabled.

<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function chgInput() {
    currentState = oTextInput.isDisabled;
    newState = !currentState;
    oTextInput.disabled = newState;
    oCurrentValue.innerText = newState;
    newState==true ? oBtn.innerText="Enable" : oBtn.innerText="Disable"
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="oCurrentValue.innerText = oTextInput.isDisabled;">
<P>Click the button to enable or disable the <B>INPUT</B>.</P>
<P>
<INPUT ID="oBtn" TYPE="button" VALUE="Disable" onclick="chgInput()" />
</P>
<P><INPUT ID="oTextInput" VALUE="This is some text." /></P>
Input disabled: <SPAN ID="oCurrentValue"></SPAN>
</BODY>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, styleSheet, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, WBR, XML, XMP

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isDisabled Property